Window-shade fixture.



C. W. HUTCHINSON.

WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 14, 1013.

Patented Oct. 27, 1914.

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WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLIUATION FILED MAY 14, 101s.

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C. W. HUTCHINSON.

WINDOW SHADE FIXTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY-14, 191s.

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CHARLES W.` HUTCI-IINSON, F NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK, ASSIGNORz OF ,FORTYQ NINE ONE-.HUNDREDTHS TO CHARLES W. N ISBETT, 0F FLUSHING, NEW YORK, N. Y.

WINDOW-strana FIXTURE.

`Specification. of Letters Patent.

I atented Oct.27, 1914.

Application filed May 14, 1913. Serial No. 767,549.

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Be 1t known that I, CHARLES W. `Hutter-r- IrqsoN, a citizen of the United States, residing at New Rochelle, in the county of Westchester `and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Window-Shade Fixtures, `of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, forming part thereof. i

My invention relates to fixtures for `win-` dow shades, and particularly to "fixtures which are constructed so that the shade is carried along part of the way with a sash as the sash is opened, as for ventilation, and is then automatically released from the sash and is caught again by the sash as the sash is moved back.` Such fixtures are described and claimed in `my prior Patent No. 1,059,- 964, of April 22, 1913, and the preferred construction there described comprises two guides secured on opposite sides of the window iframe and having outwardly turned guide portions `at their lower ends, and two shade-supporting brackets screwed into sockets in opposite sides of the sash and having over-hanging arms, the brackets being arranged to hold the shade spindles in the respective guides, whereby `the shade spindles are moved out :from under the over-hanging` `arms by the outwardly turned portions of the guides as the shade 1s carried down with the sash along the guides, and the shade is thus released from the brackets and is held in the ends of the guides in position to be picked up` again by the brackets as the sash 1` is raised. In practice this construction has r disclosed certain defects, among which has been the tendency oi the spindles to bind in:

Still other objects and advantages of my construction will appear from the following description.

My invent-ion comprehends shade-carrying members, such as plates, upon which one or more shades are mounted and which engage in the guides and are carried by the brackets.

More specifically the guides have undercut guide grooves, and the shade-carrying plates have guide-engaging members, such as. guide studs, with heads shapedto engagein r the guide grooves, whereby the studs are secured in thc grooves while being free to move longitudinally thereof.

My invention also comprehends `brackets which are secured to the one sash in such manner as to be removedtherefrom by rela-` tive .movement betwcenthe brackets and the sash, and bracket releasing and holding members carried by the other sash in posii tion to catch the brackets as the sashespass and remove the brackets from the former sash and hold them ready to be caught and y transferred to the former sash as thesashes again pass in the opposite direction.

My invention a socomprehends various..

aitcr point out my invention in claims.`

Figure l is a vertical sectional elevation,

taken on line l-l of Fig. 3, of the upper i portion of a window sash and frame with lixtures embodying my invention. Fig.` 2 is a similarview showing the sash lowered and the shade released. Fig. 3 is a plan of` the same with the top of the window frame removed. Fig. 4f is a front elevationiofthe upper' left hand corner of the windowwand 'frame as shown `in Fig. l. Fig. 5 is a detail r in front elevation of a bracket `and its supporting plate. Fig. .6 is a view similar to Fig. l, showing a modified construction.` Fig. 7 is sectional elevation of the same, `on line 7`-7 of Fig. 6, looking toward the right.` Fig. S is a view similar to Fig. 6, showing` the sashes passed and the parts in` their resultant positions. Fig. 9 is a plan of the left end of the same. Fig. 10 is an elevation of a portion of theirame and of the up er left hand cornerof the lower sash, the racket being section on line 10-.10 of Fig. 8. Fig. 11 is a detail in transverse section on a slightly enlarged scale, taken on line 11-11 of Fig. 8, as viewed from below.

In the embodiment of my invention illustrated in Figs. 1 to 5, each of the brackets, which are carried on opposite sides of the upper sash 1 near its top, comprises a flat metal supporting plate 2, which is secured, as by screws, to the sash 1, and has two integral retaining arms 8 overhanging one edge, and a locking tongue 4 struck up trom the other edge, and a releasable bracket arm 5 support-ed on the plate 2. 'lhe bracket arm 5 has a flanged or angularly extending plate-engaging base part 6 which is arranged to engage underneath the overhanging arms 3, and pivoted to the base 6 is a bent lockinglever 7, arranged to latch underneath the lockingy tongue 4 and secure the base 6 underneath the arms 8, thereby locking the bracket arm to the supporting plate. To remove the bracket arm, it is only necessary to raise the lever 7 clear of the tongue 4 and withdraw the base 6 from underneath the arms 8. The bracket arm 5 is made extensible to accommodate it for use with windows of various dimensions, and for this purpose the arm is made in two parts, one part being slotted and the other part having guide langes, and a set lscrew engages in the slot and screws into the other part and locks the parts in adjusted position.

.Each of the bracket arms 5 is provided near its outer end with a longitudinally extending receiving slot 8 open at its outer end and formed by bifurcating ther bracket, thereby providing a short overhanging arm 9 and a complementary arm 10 on the under side of the slot 8, the under arm 10 being somewhat longer than the overhanging arm 9. Supported upon thesebracket are shade-carrying plates, as will now be described.

Two curtains are shown supported upon the fixtures in Figs. 1, 2 and 8, one above the other,` and to receive the spindles 11 and 12 of the upper and lower curtains, respectively, a pair of curtain carrying plates 18 and, 14 are provided at each end, in which are provided spindle-receiving perforations, and which are coupled together by a tongue 15 on the lower end of the upper plate 18 engaging in a perforation 16 in theupper end. of the lower plate 14, thus permitting articulation or relative angular movement between the two plates for a purpose which will hereinafter appear. lf only one curtain is used, the upper plate 13 may be dispensed with, as shown in Figs. 6 and 8.

On each side of the window frame is secureda guide member 17 which has its longitudinal sides bent up at acute angles to form an undercut guide groove, open at its upper end and closed at its lower endy The guide members are generally vertical, and have their lower ends curved outwardly away from the window sash, as shown; The shade-carrying plates are provided with one or more guide studs 18, which are riveted and secured in perztorations in the plates, and are provided with flaring plane-sided guide heads shaped to lit. in the guide grooves and slide freely therein, while being prevented :trom escaping therefrom except at the open end of the grooves. At their lower ends the' plates 14 are oii'ilset outwardly so as to extend over the bracket arms and the lower studs 18 are accordingly elongated and are adapted to be supported upon the respective bracket arms (see Fig. 11).

ln use the spindles of the lower guide `studs 18 engage in the respective slots 8 of lthe brackets, and as the sash 1 is raised and lowered within the limits of the vertical portions of the guide grooves, the shade-carrying plates and hence the shades are moved with the sash, the plates being guided by the engagement of the studs 18 in the guide i grooves. Preferably theshades are so proportioned in lengththat the spindles also extend through the plates into the guide grooves, as shown. lt will be noted that the torque of the spindles is received by the plates, and consequently the spindles are prevented from binding in the grooves.

The guide grooves are so disposed that their vertical portions retain the lower vbracket-enna0in@ studs 18l underneath the C t3 t) overhanging arms 9 in the slots 8 of the bracket arms, but their outwardly turned lower ends guide the bracket-engaging studs 18 outwardly in they slots 8 as the sash 1 is lowered until the studs are tree ot the overhanging arms 9, and the shade-carrying plates are thereby released trom the brackets. The outwardly turned lower end of the guide members are of such length that the bracket-engaging studs reach the ends of the guide grooves just as they clear the overhanging arms 9, and they are held in that position in the path oit' the arms 10 until the sash is returned and they are picked up by the` arms 10., and thereafter are carried up with the sash. As they are thus moved up, the angularly or outwardly extending portions of the guide members 17 return the bracket-envaoing studs 18 to their locked b t L) positions underneath the over-hanging arms 9.

ln assembling the iXtures the shadecarrying plates lare placed upon the shade spindles, and the guide studs 18 are then inserted in the open ends of the guide grooves, the sash 1 being lowered so that the bracket-engaging studs 18 may be lowered to the bottom oit the grooves where they are picked up by the arms 10 ot the brackets.

ing the turn in the guide grooves.` This:

turn is preferably a gradual curve, as shown,

to Yfacilitate the movement ot the guide studs 1S around the turn. i

It is apparent from the above that the shade-carrying plates are locked to the sash and move therewith aslong as the range of movement is within thervertical portions oi' the guide members, and that, if the sash is lowered further, the shade-carrying plates are released and left behind in the ends of the grooves, and the shades are thereby lowered sufficiently for `ventilation but not sui'- ficiently to be unsightly. By these means it is a simple mattei-,to carry two shades, and all the disadvantages` resulting from carrying the shades directly upon the brackets are obviated.

`When the top sash and the bottom sash pass, as occurs in cleaning the windows,it is necessary to remove the bracket arms 5 from the top sash 1. In Figs. 8, 9, 10 and 11, I have shown a modified construction by which this removal is automatically effected, and thebracket arms are transferred from the top sash 1 tothe bottom sash 19 as the two sashes pass. In this construction the bracket-supporting plate 20 has a vertically arrangedat springarm 21 secured theretoV at its lower end and bent outwardly at its upperend so as to form a resilient `bracket-holding socket open at the top. The

plate-engaging part of the bracket arm 5 i has a flanged base 22 'forming a substantially U-shape socket-engaging part adapted to enter in the` resilient bracket-holding socket andsurround the spring arm 21 on three sides, as shown, and removable`therefrom relative upward movement of Vthe y bracket arm, so that thebracket arm may be lifted out of `the socket and is frictionally held therein. e i

Secured on the top` of the lower sash at opposite sides thereof are twobracket-removing and holding .members, arranged 1n position to catch the bracket arms `as the` two sashes pass, and hold them in position to be caught again bythe arms 21. These bracket removing and `holding members, in

the illustrated embodiment, are substan-` tially U-shape with theirbase secured to the top of the sash byscrews, and they comprise a substantially rigid outer arm or plate 23, which serves as a rigid back, and two resilient `arms 241 cooperating with the rigid back`23 to form a resilient U-shaped socket for the reception of `the respective bracket arm. The resilient arms 24: are bent outwardly attheir upper ends to provide a flaring mouthto the socket, and on their inner side they are `provided with a ridge or hump 25, which overhangs the `brackets as the sash ascends.

bracket arms` and serves to hold them in the sockets while permitting them to be withdrawn when suflicient force is applied.

The ianged part of the bracket arms may also be provided with three arms 2G formed as extensions of both the upper and lower flanges, thus providing two U-shape guides for the reception o1 the resilient arms 241 of the bracket removing and holding members, and to assure the entrance of these arms 211 into their guides, the upper ends of the resilient arms 2-1 may bc tapered oli, as shown.

It is now apparent that, when the two sashes pass within the range of the guide members 17, the bracket arms are caught by the removing and holding members on the` lower sash and the shade is thereby transferred to the lower sash, and the sashes may thus `be freely reversed. The bracket arms are held in the removing and holding members by the friction `caused by the resilient pressure of the arms 24: augmented by the overhanging ridges or humps 25, so that the shade may be moved up and down at will while it is carried by the lower sash 19. It will be noted that the weight, being on the outer end of the bracket arms, tends to cause the base of the bracket arms `to tilt and bind in the supporting `sockets on the upper sash 1, and the attachment of the brackets to the upper sash is sufiiciently sei cure for most constructions. although the arms 21 mayalso haveridges or humps formed thereon corresponding to the ridges 25, if this is necessary. i

It is obvious that various modifications may be madein the constructions shown in the drawings and `above particularly described, within the principle and scope of` my invention. i y

I claim 1. In combination with a slidable window sash and a frame therefor, a window shade carrying member, a supporting `member for the window shade carrying member carried by the sash, and.` releasing and holding` means for the window `shade carrying mem-` bercarried by the window frame and adapted` to release the window shade carrying member from the supporting member as the sash moves lin one `direction and to hold the `window shade carrying `member in position` to be picked up by the supporting member as the sash moves in the opposite direction. 2.` Window shade fixtures comprising sup` porting brackets adapted to be carried by the window sash and open at their upper sides, a shade-carrying plate adapted to be carried by cach supporting bracket, and rei leasing` and holding means for the shadecarryingplates adapted to be secured to the window` frame and to catch the shade-carrying plates as the sash descends and hold the plates in position to be picked upyby the 3. lVindow shade iXtures comprising two' supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides et the window sash and each ha ving a short overhanging arm, two shade-carrying plates arranged to receive and hold the respective shade spindles, each plate having a guide .stud adapted to be supported underneath the overhanging arm of the respective supporting bracket, and releasing and holding means for the shadecarri/iniY nlates com yrisino' two guide memo b La bers adapted to be secured to opposite sides or" the window frame in position to be engaged by the respective guide lugs and to guide the studs from beneath the overhanging arms as the sash descends and thereby release the shffide-carrying plates from the brackets and to hold the shade-carrying plates in position to be picked up by the brackets as the sash descends.

el.. llindow shade fixtures comprising two supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides ot the window sash and each having a short over-hanging arm, two shade-carrying plates arranged toreceive and hold the respective shade spindles, each plate having` a guide stud provided with a guide head and adapted to be supported underneath the overhanging arm of the respective supporting bracket, and two guide members having guide gro ves shaped transversely to correspond to the guide heads, the guide members being adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window frame in` such position that the flaring ends of the guide stur s engage in the grooves ot the respective guide members, the grooves being so shaped longitudinally that as the sash descends they guide the stud from beneath the overhanging arms and therebyrelease the shade-carrying plates from the brackets and hold the shade-carrying plates with the studs in the ends ot the respective grooves.

lVindow shade iivtures comprising two supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window sash, two guide .members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the window frame and each lizwingl an angelarly extending` portion, and two pairs oi shade-carrying plates, one pair being adapted to engage andl be guided by each guide member and to be supported. on the respective supporting bracket, the two plates of each pair being coupled together to permit independent angular movement and each being arranged to receive and hold a shade spindle.

6. lWindow shade iiiltures comprising` a shade-supporting bracket including an at` taching portion, attaching means adapted to be arranged on a. window sash, and resilient engaging means adapted to resiliently hold the attaching portion to the attaching means and yieldable under pressure to release the attaching portion from the attaching means. 7. l/Vindow shade lixtures comprising two shade-supporting brackets adapted to be secured to opposite sides ot the upper window sash and removable therefrom by relative movement between the brackets and the sash, and two bracket removing and holding members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the lower sash and engage the respective supporting brackets and remove the same from the upper sash as the two sashes pass. S. Window shade fixtures comprising two bracketsupporting members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the upper window sash, two shade-supporting brackets adapted to be attachedl to the bracket-sup porting members by relative downward movement of the brackets and to be removed therefrom by relative upward movement of the brackets', and two bracket removing and holding members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the lower' sash and engage the respective supporting brackets and remove the same from the bracket-supporting members as the bracket-supporting members are lowered past the bracket removing and holding members and to hold the brackets in position to be again attached tothe bracketsupporting members as the lat-ter are raised past the removing and holding members.

9. Window shade fixtures comprising two bracket-supporting members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the upper window sash, two shade-supporting brackets adapted to be attached to the bracket-supporting members by relative downward movement of the brackets and to be removed therefrom by relative upward movement of the brackets, two bracket removing and holding` members adapted to be secured to opposite sides of the lower sash and enga-ge f the respective supporting brackets and remove the saine from the bracket-supporting members as the bracket-supporting members are lowered past the bracket removing and holding membersk and to holdV the brackets in position to be again attached to the bracket-supporting members as` the latter are raised past the removing and holding members, andshade releasing and holding lmeans adapted to be secured to the window frame and to extend into the path of a shade carried by the brackets and to catch the shade as they upper` sash descends and hold the shade in position to be picked up by the brackets as the upper sash ascends.

ln testimony'whereofv I have atliXed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. HUTCHINSON. "Witnesses Vieron D. Bossa", CHARLEsyW. NISBETT.

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